Public bug reported: The linux-firmware package includes symlinks to installed Netronome firmware files. These links may be updated by a user but are overwritten when the linux-firmware package is upgraded whereas the desired behaviour is to leave existing symlinks unmodified.
# apt install linux-firmware Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required: grub-pc-bin Use 'apt autoremove' to remove it. The following NEW packages will be installed: linux-firmware 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 64.6 MB of archives. After this operation, 278 MB of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://lon1.mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 linux-firmware all 1.173.1 [64.6 MB] Fetched 64.6 MB in 1s (43.8 MB/s) Selecting previously unselected package linux-firmware. (Reading database ... 59988 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../linux-firmware_1.173.1_all.deb ... Unpacking linux-firmware (1.173.1) ... Setting up linux-firmware (1.173.1) ... update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.15.0-38-generic # cd /lib/firmware/netronome/ # ls -l total 8 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 20 09:07 flower drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 20 09:07 nic lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 May 18 2018 nic_AMDA0081-0001_1x40.nffw -> nic/nic_AMDA0081-0001_1x40.nffw lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 May 18 2018 nic_AMDA0081-0001_4x10.nffw -> nic/nic_AMDA0081-0001_4x10.nffw lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 May 18 2018 nic_AMDA0096-0001_2x10.nffw -> nic/nic_AMDA0096-0001_2x10.nffw lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 May 18 2018 nic_AMDA0097-0001_2x40.nffw -> nic/nic_AMDA0097-0001_2x40.nffw lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 36 May 18 2018 nic_AMDA0097-0001_4x10_1x40.nffw -> nic/nic_AMDA0097-0001_4x10_1x40.nffw lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 May 18 2018 nic_AMDA0097-0001_8x10.nffw -> nic/nic_AMDA0097-0001_8x10.nffw lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 36 May 18 2018 nic_AMDA0099-0001_1x10_1x25.nffw -> nic/nic_AMDA0099-0001_1x10_1x25.nffw lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 May 18 2018 nic_AMDA0099-0001_2x10.nffw -> nic/nic_AMDA0099-0001_2x10.nffw lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 May 18 2018 nic_AMDA0099-0001_2x25.nffw -> nic/nic_AMDA0099-0001_2x25.nffw # for i in $(find flower/ -type l); do ln -sf $i $(basename $i); done # ls -l total 8 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 20 09:07 flower drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 20 09:07 nic lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 34 Nov 20 09:09 nic_AMDA0081-0001_1x40.nffw -> flower/nic_AMDA0081-0001_1x40.nffw lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 34 Nov 20 09:09 nic_AMDA0081-0001_4x10.nffw -> flower/nic_AMDA0081-0001_4x10.nffw lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 34 Nov 20 09:09 nic_AMDA0096-0001_2x10.nffw -> flower/nic_AMDA0096-0001_2x10.nffw lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 34 Nov 20 09:09 nic_AMDA0097-0001_2x40.nffw -> flower/nic_AMDA0097-0001_2x40.nffw lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 39 Nov 20 09:09 nic_AMDA0097-0001_4x10_1x40.nffw -> flower/nic_AMDA0097-0001_4x10_1x40.nffw lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 34 Nov 20 09:09 nic_AMDA0097-0001_8x10.nffw -> flower/nic_AMDA0097-0001_8x10.nffw lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 36 May 18 2018 nic_AMDA0099-0001_1x10_1x25.nffw -> nic/nic_AMDA0099-0001_1x10_1x25.nffw lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 34 Nov 20 09:09 nic_AMDA0099-0001_2x10.nffw -> flower/nic_AMDA0099-0001_2x10.nffw lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 34 Nov 20 09:09 nic_AMDA0099-0001_2x25.nffw -> flower/nic_AMDA0099-0001_2x25.nffw # apt update ... # apt install linux-firmware Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required: grub-pc-bin Use 'apt autoremove' to remove it. The following packages will be upgraded: linux-firmware 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 49 not upgraded. Need to get 64.6 MB of archives. After this operation, 30.7 kB of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://lon1.mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 linux-firmware all 1.173.2 [64.6 MB] Fetched 64.6 MB in 1s (55.1 MB/s) (Reading database ... 61821 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../linux-firmware_1.173.2_all.deb ... Unpacking linux-firmware (1.173.2) over (1.173.1) ... Setting up linux-firmware (1.173.2) ... update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.15.0-38-generic root@ubuntu-s-1vcpu-1gb-ams3-01:/lib/firmware/netronome# ls -l total 8 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 20 09:13 flower drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 20 09:13 nic lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 Nov 6 14:30 nic_AMDA0081-0001_1x40.nffw -> nic/nic_AMDA0081-0001_1x40.nffw lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 Nov 6 14:30 nic_AMDA0081-0001_4x10.nffw -> nic/nic_AMDA0081-0001_4x10.nffw lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 Nov 6 14:30 nic_AMDA0096-0001_2x10.nffw -> nic/nic_AMDA0096-0001_2x10.nffw lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 Nov 6 14:30 nic_AMDA0097-0001_2x40.nffw -> nic/nic_AMDA0097-0001_2x40.nffw lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 36 Nov 6 14:30 nic_AMDA0097-0001_4x10_1x40.nffw -> nic/nic_AMDA0097-0001_4x10_1x40.nffw lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 Nov 6 14:30 nic_AMDA0097-0001_8x10.nffw -> nic/nic_AMDA0097-0001_8x10.nffw lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 36 Nov 6 14:30 nic_AMDA0099-0001_1x10_1x25.nffw -> nic/nic_AMDA0099-0001_1x10_1x25.nffw lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 Nov 6 14:30 nic_AMDA0099-0001_2x10.nffw -> nic/nic_AMDA0099-0001_2x10.nffw lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 Nov 6 14:30 nic_AMDA0099-0001_2x25.nffw -> nic/nic_AMDA0099-0001_2x25.nffw ** Affects: linux-firmware (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1804183 Title: netronome firmware symlinks are overwritten by package upgrade To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-firmware/+bug/1804183/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
